The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-16

| ~ 40 W loNS III SOiioOidliO'I, Out
to the State Pike. including Har-
dinsville, taking in Benson pre-.
cinct, and making Hatton or Ben
son Station the county seat. The
county to be called Mentor. I'm
willing, provided Dan Moore is
made County Judge, and the line
is so run as not to include Conso.
lation in the county Of Mentor,
and that some Of the parties who
were in favor of the railroad tax,
but afraid to vote, shall never hold
office of profit or trust in said
county of Mentor.
I'm in favor of men voting their
sentiments if the heavens fall, so
that all the larks could be caught
that are now on the wing. The
voters understand your motives.
Beng silent won't do you any
good. Wheedlers never trust men
who are honest, nor have respect
for those who honestly vote their
sentiments, though they may be
wrong. But the man who is con-
WINGED that anything is right, but
has not the moral courage to carry
out his convictions, is unworthy Of
the name of an American freeman.
| respect the voters who were OPP.
posed to the railroad tax and hon
estly thought they were right, as
much as | do those who were in
favor of said tax. It's wheedlers
that I'm after. who want office.
The good. God. good-Devi sort of
people, who are not certain whose
hands they may fall into-policy
men. If there are any warmer
corners in the bad place below. l
think that men who act deceitfully
will get there. | have no reference
to men who were honestly opposed
to the tax. On the contrary l
commend you for voting your SEN
timents. I'm inclined to think that,
after we get the road, old Franklin
and Frankfort will wake up, and
when everything is prosperous,
those who opposed the road will
be like Sallie's husband was when
the bear was trying to eat their
baby. John ran up the ladder and
left Salie to do the best she could.
She got ar axe and killed the bear.
After John was thoroughly satisfied
that the bear was dead he came
came down from the loft and said,
II tell you, Sallie, didn't we give
him h-l?" But the wheedlers
will not be entitled to as much
credit as John was in the bear
fight. The truth is, wheedlers,
you had better emigrate to Rowan
or some other county, clothe your
selves in sackcloth aud ashes, re-
form your lives and be somebody
in the future. This is Zekes adj
vice.
A great change has taken place
here since the recent vote cast for
the new railroad. The place has
been Democratic for long time,
and many have been opposed to
internal improvement in any form.
The citizens must wake up or they
will be left. Poor old Bald Knob,
Peaks Mill, Benson, and other
places, who voted against the tax,
will be ashamed of their action
when they see Zeke Yocum, Dan
Moore and others acting as direc-
tors of the road, and the price of
coal reduced to 10 cents, delivered.
There is one thing that will
make me sad when all this comes
to pass. that is, it may hurt my
friend and brother George B.
Macklin, of Frankfort, who is
good man. Stand it, my broth
err. You are aware that the Bible
says "many are the Affections of
the righteous. If it does damage
the coal trade, you will make it on
the mill at the Forks. SO let the
above Bible consolation, and the
prospect of doing a big trade with
your mill at the Forks, console
yO, in yOur old aUe /eke nenned